*"**$•• 7 6 & INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS. o*o®o©o*o«o*oo«o*o*o*o*o*o OFTHE KEY Western Union Telegraph company. ly flTfies. Vfieii I was stationed at Slbany. His son. Alonzo B. Cornell, became X. Y.. there was an unusual inrush Clair closed lie door ana spent half ultimately vice president of the Western of newspaper dispatches-.-1 was an hour .deliberating. At the end of j1 Union and governor of New York in. charge of the press key—and in the that time he took the jewels to Miss midst of the f&sk of receiving them I state—high commercial and political Archard and told her how he had come The Reading of Telegraph Messages found to my consternation that 1 was honors., by them. She had experienced Dream enough Yet be once confessed to me that he out of tape. Before taking my seat of Le Moyne's attentions to her to divine Remember the name. by Sound. felt be should be credited with the before the key 1 had neglected to replenish his object. Then St....Clair took additional honor of having made the the tape reel. the jewels to Le Moyne. whom he That stands fo quality. discovery that telegraph messages "There was a bountiful supply of 8 found with several of his guests, aud STORY OF THE FIRST TRIAL could be read by ear, and he seemed tape in the cellar of the building, but told him where he had found them. We have a good line of It Was Thought to Be Superstition. to take more pride In his part in bringing it was a long trip there—there were Le Moyne colored and stammered that Stevens shotguns, rifles but It Wis True. this about than be did in any of no elevators in those days—and I knew some of tbe house servants must have A Lack of Tape Caused Alonzo B. Cornell ft and pistols his other achievements. that to go there I would waste precious stolen them and temporarily hidden to Attempt Interpretating the "I was trained as a telegraph operator." time. And there were those anxious them in St. Clair's room. By HARRIET L. GEDDES. Morse Code by Ear-—The Discovery Before you buy, call said Mr. Cornell in telling me the newspaper men hanging over my "You lie!" said St. Clair. "I saw Copyright, 1910, by American Press That Abolished the Use of the *l ape. story. "I suppose I took to telegraphy shoulder. on you come to my room and place the us. Association. naturally because of my father's deep "Suddenly, as 1 fished about mentally box in my drawer." o»o*o*o*o»o»oo*o*o®o»oo«o Tbe Green Hardware Ezra Cornell is known in history as and large interests in the then new for the quickest way out of my Le Moyne raised his cane and struck the father of Cornell university, as mode of communication. Anyway. I dilemma, this thought popped into my In Alabama in antebellum days was his accuser. St. Clair attempted to one of the men who helped to build learned the Morse key easily, and I head: 'You don't need any tape. Half strike back, but the others interfered. Company. a fair plantation comprising many the first telegraph line and as an ardent was. in fact, very fond of telegraphing the time you don't look at it when the At that time in the south such an affair hundred acres and many hundred organizer of telegraph systems in from both the practical and the scientiflcstandpoints. dispatches are'coming in before you must be settled under the code the early days, being Instrumental in slaves. Ou au elevated spot stood the write them out. You trust to your duello. The accusation against Le the formation of* the now famous mansion, a great square, bouse with "One afternoon, Wnetlme in the ear- ears to tell what the instrument says. Moyne could only be wiped out in "galleries" surrounding every story Why not do so nowV Instantly 1 determined blood. He knew that It could not be and shaded by high trees. In the rear J' to see whether or not I could wiped out at all. There was not one take the dispatches by sound alone. were -the homes of the negroes, a line of his guests but would believe the rent. "1 put my lingers on the key and of-cabins, kept clean by frequent coats word of St Clair in preference to bis SMOKE broke in on New York, whence the own. of whitewash. The plantation, now dispatches were coming. 'Send rather With the dogged spirit that possessed cut up, is the site of large cotton mills. slowly and very distinctly.* I asked the him. Le Moyne proposed that they This property was owned by a child LA ZENDA Domestic man at the other end of the wire. B* should settle the affair at once. St sis months old Its grandfather-and at once began to do so—not without Clair was agreeable, and, though the its father had both died within a brief some curlosity ^as to a»£. reason. others present advised delay, tbe two period, leaving a young widow, mother found out later? principal's were too hot for it. Rapiers A N I A a a a of the heir at law. as his guardlan.and "But 1 didn't tbiuk of that at the were the weapons most used, and manager of the plantation. Sacrifice Sale time, for I was glowing all over with there was sufficient space in the room Edward Le Moyne, this child's un-~ the knowledge that 1 could write out where they were. The adversaries, in cle and brother of his father, was a the dispatches—and write them correctly, shirt and trousers, faced each other, of Poultry AT ALL DEALERS forcible man, grho. under the pretense swords were banded them, and they for they made sense—by simply of assisting bis sister-in-law in began to fence. listening to the sounds that the key We offer 85 head of our this the management of'her property, established Le Moyne. true to the instincts of made. years breeders and early hatched himself in the house and assumed his race, was cool. Not even the truth "Thus 1 continued taking the dispatches chicks in White Wyandottes, control. Mrs. Julian Le Moyne. of the charge could unnerve him. St. to the very end. Then the Rhode Island Reds, Barred the widow, had not invited^ him to do Clair, on the contrary, was so shocked, New York operator called me. 'What Bocks, Black Minorcas at price so, but, being a very gentle feminine Three Leaders so indignant, at the base attempt to for the next 60 days. All birds are you doing up there?' be asked. person, had not the will power to prevent bred from our great Toronto put a stigma upon him and rob him of 'Why did you want me to send slowly him. Edward Le Moyne in his and Buffalo winners. Grandest "the girl with whom he had just plighted and distinctly?' birds we ever offered either for youth had been wild. Indeed, be had his troth that he fought wild. The "I answered that 1 had said goodby showing or finest breeding quality, disgraced himself, and his father had result was that in a few minutes he to the telegraph tape forever and told line bred for many years and willed the property to his brother Julian. received a sword wound in the side and lay as him of the discovery 1 bad made. He bred from winners to Golden Grain Belt Beers When Julian died and Edward which took him out of the fight. at well. If you wish quality was immediately interested. 'Send commenced the role of assistant to the can fit you out. He was carried to hii room and a small prices we me slowly and very distinctly fifteen mother of the child, who had inherited Write your wants to surgeon sent for. who pronounced him or twenty words, and I'll see whether the property, the mother was sure his in danger of his life. Of course removal Harpers Whiskey Mason's Poultry Yards or not 1 can do the same thing.' he requested. object was to get rid of the heir that was out of the question. he might become the owner himself. The first Miss Archard heard of the "1 did so. full of confidence, and si' Edward Le Moyne had married a matter was that her lover had been INDUS, MINN. little later there came to uie this message: El Paterno Cigars woman beneath his family, by whom stabbed by ber host and was lying in 'I've done it too. Some of the he had a son. Had Edward brought his chamber in a critical condition. other boys say they can. I predict them to the plantation to live Mrs. Julian She flew upstairs and in another moment that within a month there won't be an would not have had the will power was bending over him. inch of tape used in the New York UNDERWOOD & HASSELBARTh, Local Agents to prevent his doing so. Instead "Why," she moaned, "did we come office.' he established them in a town near by, into this house? It is accursed." "Years later." added Mr. Cornell, "1 MONEY International Falls, Minnesota. and Mrs. Julian knew very well that was told that about the time that 1 At the moment an old negro woman the next move would be, when Edward discovered for myself a new and revolutionary entered and heard the words. had got rid of her son. to the "No. missy." she said, "de house ain't method of receiving telegraph LOANED manor house. cu'sed. Hit's de people in it. Don' messages the same method was As might have been expected, the also discovered by an operator in the worry, honey. I had a dream las' child fell ill. Edward Le Moyne saw main office in Pittsburg. I have no night. 1 dreamed I saw a picession him lying in his mother's arms unconscious. doubt that this is true. Sooner or goin' to a grave takin' a baby coffin. NINE LOTS IN ONE She accused him of having later the discovery was bound to be An' 1 saw 'em buryin' de coffin. Den poisoned the boy and. summoning made not only in onei but several on lands suitable for farming when dey all go way I saw de baby more fortitude than she had displayed offices. But I have always felt that 1 rise out o' de groun', an' he was growed purposes. "We buy and sell before, ordered him out of the room. That is what you get was the first to make the discovery to be a fine young'man. An' he timber lands." Quailing before her, he retired. Two and should be credited with it in telegraphic said, "Mammy, my dear ole mammy!' days later he saw a little coffin carried wheo you buy in history."—Boston Globe. to the family burying ground on He put his arm around my neck an' a hill near by, followed by the widow kissed me. Ts come of age today.' RAINY RIVER GOLDVILJLE and a number of her house servants, "1 know wha' de dream meant. Don* Watering the Horse. PARM LAND CO. It is allowable when a horse is hot who were devoted to her. When she yo worry, honey. Hit's all comin' out to let him have three or four swallows returned to the manor house she packed right." R. C. FRASER, Manager of cool water, but no more. The few her belongings and the same day The lovers well knew the superstition swallows will help cool him, and another took her departure. of the colored race and thought Every lot contains an acre of land, limited drink may be given every Edward Le Moyne took possession nothing of her words. But her prediction few minutes for four or five times, of the plantation, brought his wife and and oi)ly nine blocks distant from that it would all come out after which he may drink his fill without son, then ten years old, to the mansion right proved true. It was a month before residence district lnterootiooal Falls danger. In careless or inexperienced and lived there a lonely life. None of St. Clair could be moved, and bands, however, the only safe the neighboring planters would have during this period Miss Archard came BUY NOW way is to let the horse stand for half anything to do with him, and his H. H. Gordon, Pres. every day to nurse him, though never an hour or more with no water until slaves bated him. once did she deign to notice Le Moyne. J. R. Harmon, Vice Pres. and Gen'l Mgr. he is fairly cooled off.—Country Life Twenty years later his son, Tom. There are No Reservations in My Deeds One day. shortly before the surgeon In America. M. M. Gordon, Treas. O. H. Gordon, Sec. who had come into possession of the gave permission for the removal, the Write or call for Prices and Terms property, with a view to establish relations negro who had told her dream came with the neighboring planters, into the room in which St. Clair was MATT DONAHUE, Owner The Error. gave a ball. He was no better liked lying. Miss Archard sitting beside him. Sandy—Doctor, man. there's a wee Border Wholesale than his father had been, and the acceptances The old woman locked the door and International Falls, Minn. bit error i' this bill o' yours. Ye've were few. Nevertheless approached the bed with her finger on charged me for advice. Ah never tuk they were sufficient for a merrymaking. her lips. it.—London Punch. Among the guests was Proctor Meat Company "Is it de fif ob August?" she asked. St. Clair, a young man who had been "Yes. aunty." brought up by a relative and extremely "Lis'en! I got a. secret I'm gwine to popular on account of his high tell yo*. I promise missy I nebber tell WHOLESALE DEALERS IN MEATS BIG sense of honor, his independent character twill dis day. cos dis de day yo'. Mars' and other manly traits. Another Julian"— OF ALL KINDS. guest was Caroline Archard. the "Julian! I'm not Julian. I'm Proctor. belle of the country round about. Something is the matter with Tom Le Moyne was ambitious to win you. aunty. You're gone daft." PROBLEM this girl, thinking that a marriage "Jus' yo' watt, honey. Mars' Julian, Poultry, Fish, Oysters. Eggs, with her would gain him an entree into yo' twenty-one years ole dis berry day. the aristocratic families in his neighborhood. Reckon I ought to know. I'm yo* Butter, Cheese, Etc. Ship­ mammy." But hardly had the guests arrived ments Receive Prompt By this time she had caught their The ''Big Problem" for people today who are living on moderate and the festivities begun before Le attention. Attention. Moyne observed that Miss Archard incomes is: "How to lay up something for old age—to live comfortably, be "Yo* ma, she lib heah, an' Mars' Le was manifesting a decided preference Moyne, Mars' Tom Le Moyne's father, happy, and not anxious about the family, should they betaken suddenly away." for young St. Clair. The traits of the he come in to run de plantation. International Falls, Minnesota father showed themselves in the son. Missy 'fraid her baby git poisoned so Can these things be done by putting small savings in a bank at 3 or 4% He resolved to work by underhand Mars L(^ Moyne 'ud own de prop'ty. interest where they are liable to be drawn out at the first sharp pinch? Can they means, relying largely on assurance to Yo', de baby, git sick. Missy t'ink be done by buying real estate and loading it up with a big mortgage? Can they be carry his point. When his guests were Mars' Le Moyne poison yo'. So she ready to depart be invited them all pe'tend yo' daid. She git a coffin an' done by speculating in mining stocks? to remain as a house party for as long she fill it with stones, an' .she said to as they would. A dozen accepted, me: 'In heah is de proofs dat my boy To our mind there is one sure and safe way, i. e., buy a good sized life insurance REX BOTTLE j. among them Mr. St. Clair and Miss is not in de coffin. Yo'll know all policy as an estate. This becomes an enforced savings, at the same time protects about him, an' on de fif ob August Archard. both secretly desiring to the family for the lull face of the policy in case of death—enables us to live closer to 18—, yo' tell him who he is. Den he avail themselves of the opportunity to BEER kin claim de plantation his own self.'" our income and en$oy the present without anxiety for the future. be together. Le Moyne was especially When the old woman finished the urgent that St. Clair should remain:, lovers, whose eyes had been opening If we live we can draw out in cash all that we have put in. If we die we leave promising him every facility for enjoyment. wider with every word, looked at each the full face of the policy to our family* other in astonishment. Le Moyne used his privileges as host THE PEOPLES CHOICE "And this is the mystery that has to assign himself in all rides, drives Wives and mothers should appreciate the advantage of a life insurance policy and been banging over me all my life!" and other amusements to escort Miss should encourage their husbands and sons to take out insurance as early as said Julian. Archard. Nevertheless he saw that possible. -v .•=, "And I believe It's all true," added Ask the Man the moment she was free she and St the girl, clasping her hands and drawing Glair seemed to fall together naturally. a long breath. f" Women earning their own living or who have those depending upon thein, One morning after breakfast St "Well, aunty, or, rather, my dear cannot find a better or surer investment. ••••&&& Glair, returned to his room for some Duluth Brewing mammy, you've kept the secret so article of clothing and was bunting for lonjg keep it longer." Ask our nearest representative to call it in tbe closet when, hearing a step. J"Dat I will, honey." and show you our New Policy. ^l^rpMv^'Nw Le Moyne come It was more than a month later quickly into the room, pull out a burton Co. when one night Julian Le Moyne'appeared drawer. drop something in it and as a resurrectionist on the hill tstfre bastilyw as bo hadcome in. St. near the plantation and took up a little Glair, being in the closet, had not been coffin lined with lead. In it'were seen. A moment after bis host bad LEONARD K- THOMPSON-PRES. stones and th^ proofs of the identity MINNEAPOLIS left tbe room be went to tbe bureau of the child it was supposed to contain. drawer jiiid took out a small box containing ED.- BANCROFT,- Resident Agent The proofs established the fact several articles of jewelry. REFER^NR* I. B.SEVERTSON. BATJDETTE, MINN. General Agent. that Proctor St Clair was Julian Le Q. N. MILJLABD. FlretNatlonal Banki Intemation«ir«J'" ,He was* filled with astonishment, Moyne and heir to the Le Moy .J"dephoneNo. .75 horror a^nd indignation. Ii was evident tate. v. JS'lJk,»• rHS to him that Le Moyne bad placed He dispossessed his cousin, took* possession tbe jewels in his drawer. intending to ofhis property and married accuse him 9t having stolen them. St. Caroline Archard. DEFECTIVE PAGE